COROS PACE Pro vs Suunto Race S / Best budget GPS Watch?

[@seansutton4836]

Thank you for the very thoughtful review. So refreshing to have a sports watch video that doesn’t drop the “G” word every other comparison.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

LOL Thanks!

[@salvarsal]

G as Garmin?

[@UltraTrailSteven]

@@salvarsal that’s what I assumed

[@salvarsal]

@@UltraTrailSteven hahaha ok.. Good to know.. im really curious man :)

[@tanyapitre731]

I just got the Race S under the Christmas tree and started using it same day. It replaced a forerunner 245. I'm quite happy with my decision. I find the hr pretty on par with the 245. I was able to check out a Pace Pro and didn't like the cheap feel and hated the band it comes with. With the 10% welcome discount Suunto offers I saved $68 over the Coros, which was nice.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Thats a nice savings! Glad you like it!

[@eagle63-94]

bonjour, très bien. J'ai une suunto race S, dont certains défauts me font hésiter à REprendre une coros en écran amoled, surtout que je préfère leur application/ordinateur, plutot qu'une navigation uniquement sur smartphone (=suunto). Mais il est vrai que la qualité de fabrication est meilleure chez Suunto. J'attends d'éventuelles promotions pour prendre la pace pro

[@matrhein]

Thanks for the comparison, Steven! I'd really love to get a lot more of that advertized opinion and less of the facts that I can read on the company websites. Might be a slippier road but actually more interesting and inspiring, IMHO. BTW, the processor should not have any role in the crispness of the displays. Cheers!

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Thanks for the feedback. When I spoke directly with COROS at The Running Event, they mentioned they felt the processor affected the crispness. That's why I mentioned that.

[@dougmoore7424]

Bought the Suunto and returned it after an abysmal HR accuracy issue and yes, Watch was on tight. Bottom line, I switched over to Coros Pace Pro and love it!

[@UltraTrailSteven]

That's a bummer, but glad you found something that works for you!

[@Rayer24]

Got my pace pro on monday and loving it so far. Love all the data it provides and is much more accurate at gps tracking than my phone lol

[@UltraTrailSteven]

It is a great watch!

[@swipper74]

Pace Pro hands down! The watch is FAST and it makes a MASSIVE difference for the maps. Not to mention the heart rate is almost identical in my testing to the polar h10!

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Agreed!

[@eagle63-94]

Bonjour, la fréquence cardiaque m'interesse, car absolument NULLE sur les montres garmin et moyennement lisible sur suunto. Même si je sais qu'il ne faut pas s'y fier sur les cardio/poignet. Apparemment la pace pro a une fonction ECG, quand un jour ce sera actif en France

[@GarminPro]

The race s is the best looking sports watch IMO.

[@johncasey6460]

Coros for the win 🤙

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Good deal!

[@jakeva9802]

The map size makes me wonder. That’s an incredible size difference. That being said I’m leaning coros now.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Yeah I’m really curious why the size difference.

[@GarminPro]

How’s the hip? Worth it?

[@UltraTrailSteven]

The hip is doing well! Running on the AlterG treadmill, and almost cleared to start running normal

[@sebastiento9695]

At 3:04 how did you make your complications on the top have the orange Accent colour? For whatever reason, i van only get the bottom complication to have the accent colour on the Vertical watchface :(

[@UltraTrailSteven]

It’s the color when changing the watch facw

[@sebastiento9695]

Mm it doesn't work on mine still :( ​@@UltraTrailSteven

[@UltraTrailSteven]

@ go to control panel, customize, then accent color

[@john.maynard]

Great review! The Pace Pro looks nice! I currently have the Apex Pro (V1), and am considering an upgrade. However, I’m not sure if it’ll make it through a mountain 100 at full GPS (and potentially running a GPX file, too) without charging. Both my Apex and Apex Pro have done it.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Yeah I guess it depends how long it would take. You could always run in all systems on.

[@john.maynard]

@ for one like San Diego 100 or Kodiak 100, between 26 and 28 hrs. Guess that’d be motivation to run faster!

[@franzmostermann4837]

Hey Steven, came across your channel and really love it! Thank you for the time you put into it! It’s time for me to replace my fenix 5X. Suunto is the one I’ll buy because of zonesense. So it’s either race or race s. Due to my ageing eyes I tend towards race original because of the larger display. Do you think the 16 GB is enough for maps or should I go for the race s with 32 GB? All the best from Germany👍

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Thanks! The Race is a great watch and 16 GB is a lot of space. As you saw in this video, the entire state of Colorado was 1.29 GB’s. Looking at Germany in the Suunto App, most of the regions are a couple hundred MB’s, so should be plenty of storage for you.

[@franzmostermann4837]

@ Thank you very much for your quick answer! Then I think I’ll go for the 16 Gb which is noticeably cheaper than the titanium. Got a new subscriber for your channel….

[@eagle63-94]

bonjour, prenez la race S sans hésiter si vous achetez suunto

[@franzmostermann4837]

@@eagle63-94 Merci beaucoup. C’est vraiment très aimable de votre part. Cependant, j’ai choisi la RACE Original, car mes yeux vieillissants ont besoin d’un écran plus grand. De plus, l’autonomie plus longue de la batterie est très importante pour moi. L’absence de précision dans la mesure de la fréquence cardiaque n’est pas très importante, car je m’entraîne soit avec une ceinture thoracique, soit avec un bracelet. De toute façon, la mesure au poignet ne fonctionne jamais bien lors de l’aviron, le sport que je pratique, et j’utilise donc une ceinture thoracique pour cette activité. Encore une fois, un grand merci pour votre commentaire si aimable. Meilleures salutations d’Allemagne!

[@helderpaixao8064]

Guys the pace pro is very good against garmin 965? I want to buy one to have very years

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Yes it is.

[@helderpaixao8064]

@UltraTrailSteven witch one should I take?

[@UltraTrailSteven]

@@helderpaixao8064 well the 965 is much more expensive. I would likely chose the Pace Pro

[@Mdogbrown]

Now add polar m3 and Amazfit trex 3 😂. A lot of options in this price range now!

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Lots of options!

[@MRaha706]

tough decision, but why coros put their label on the face ( one of the reasons I choose suunto )

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Interesting

[@johnarndt1501]

The coros sounds better but my pace 3 broke within a month. Granted i think i hit it on something while working but the glass cracked badly. It still works but the elevation is all wanky now. Makes me scared to spend even more on one. Lol. Granted i could buy a screen protector next time i guess.. i don't know though..those suunto's looks sexy as hell.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Yeah that glass could be better for sure

[@sylvestersam2724]

I'm leaning towards Suunto for the design and durable material used. Not that Coros isn't durable, plastics are durable, but for everyday use metal watchface on the Suunto looks much more elegant. Though yes, technicaly speaking, Coros seems to be better. Great comparison video btw. And can you confirm that Suunto Race S storage can be used for music? And can it connect to bluetooth headphones or earbuds?

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Yes it can pair to Bluetooth headphones. I’m not 100% on music storage. On the Suunto website it says “control music with your watch” and then it says for storage “for offline map storage”

[@ActiveIdeas]

Interested about the HR data, did you get a chance to actually compare them to a chest strap? Nice video 🌟

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Not yet. The coros HR sensor has proven to be pretty darn accurate when compared to a chest strap, and the Suunto has not. This new sensor on the Suunto is better, but still not great

[@mikes1172]

I have neither I have the Suunto Race, bigger battery, bigger screen, plenty fast, GPS accuracy on the mark. I'm not running, so heart rate, who knows, seems good to me though. I have a Garmin 255 Music, functionality, I love the extra software (developer support), but the battery is crap, thing feels like cheap plastic. Personally, Garmin software is the best/better but to make you really be proud of your watch you need to spend north of $400+ to get that experience. Maybe, I should haven't both either of these watches and bought the Instinct 3 or a Fenix, who knows. I can say for sure, the weight of my Race is great, feels like a watch, the scroll wheel is way better than buttons alone. Personally, I like watches, so it would be easy to just keep buying another one of these type of watches every 6 months, since the tech continually evolves. In the end, we all have ran, played, jumped and never knew any of these details before, so what's really so critical NOW to have all of the analytics. I'm not training for anything, for me its just nice to know I actually got out of my house and did a few miles of something and nice to know isn't so easy to get turned around, if I was in some remote location with unfamiliar trails. Certainly either of these will do the job, the Race S, is just IMHO going to look better on your wrist than all plastic.

[@UltraTrailSteven]

I hear you on the watch being a nice watch!

[@andrewjknox]

Really like the Suunto, but the optical HR monitor is terrible. I don’t need it to be great, just not this bad 😅

[@UltraTrailSteven]

Haha